Combined folding cot and settee



(No Model.)

s. W. SHAW. Combined Folding Got and Settee;

N' .23-5,a50. Patentedlan.l8,l88l.

N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

S. WHEELER SHAW, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED FOLDING COT A-ND SETTEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,850, dated January18, 1881.

Application filed August 27, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. WHEELER SHAW, of

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and use- 5 ful Improvements.in Combined Folding Cot andSettee. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, to improvements in flexible-bottomed foldingsettees, which may be converted into a cot or couch when desired; andthe same consists in the arrangement and combination of the devicesherein described, whereby the folding settee may be used either as acouch or settee, or be folded up into a compact form when not in use, ifdesired.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention whenin position to be used as a settee, and Fig. 2 is an end view of thesame when it is extended to be used as a couch or cot.

In said drawings similar letters of reference refer to like partswherever used.

In said drawings, A represents the flexible bottom of the settee, madeof any suitable cloth or material, one edge of which is secured to therail or frame-piece B, extending between the folding legs 0 and O, andits other edge is secured to the railing or frame-piece D,

which extends between the folding arms E and E, pivoted at e and e tothe legs F and F.

The legs F and F are curved and extended up to form the back of thesettee. When the 3 5 folding arms E and E are extended to form a couch,as shown in Fig. 2, the same are secured in such position by means ofthe hooks H, at-

tached to said arms, and the staples of brackets h, attached to the legsF and F; and when 0 the same are folded to form a settee, as shown v inFig. 1, they are held in position by means of the pins h, which passthrough holes de signed for the purpose in the folding arms E andE andlegs F and F.

4 5 G G are braces extending across from folding legs 0 and O and legs Fand F, and g is a back strip secured to the folding arms E and E, which,together with the strip D, forms the back or part of the back of thesettee.

I is a flexible back, one edge of which is secured to the top backstrip, J, and the other edge of which is secured to the movable backstrip, J. This movable back strip, J, is secured in position for use, asshown in Fig. 1, by means of the pins K, and the legs F and F are alsoprovided with notches k for the same purpose. This flexible back may befolded up, as shown in Fig. 2, and secured in such position by means ofthe string I sometimes make my combined folding cot and settee withoutthis part of the back, which is secured, as stated, to the legs F and F,in which case the folding arms E and E and strips D and g constitute theback of the settee, and the legs F and F are not extended above the armsE and E; but I prefer to construct the same as shown in the drawings.

L is a flexible arm, made of cloth or like material, secured at each endto the right-angled arms l and Z, the former of which is attached bysuitable bolts or screws to the folding leg 0, and the latter to the legF. This flexible folding arm serves not only as an arm to the settee,but also as a pillow for the cot. A like arm may be provided at theother end of the settee, if desired.

When not in use the folding settee or cot may be folded up into acompact shape, like an ordinary camp-chair.

I claim- A folding settee composed of folding crosslegs intersectingeach other below the seat, as shown, and pivoted at such intersection,two of them, F and F, extending upward above the seat and provided withcross-bar J, the hinged back frame, suitable devices for detachablysecuring the hinged back frame to the extensions of the cross-legs inboth positions, front and back rails, a cover for the bottom and hingedportion, made in one piece, of 90 cloth or other suitable material, andan arm, serving also as a head-rest, composed of cloth mounted upon andstretched between uprights upon the legs or rails at front and back,substantially as set forth.

S. WHEELER SHAW.

Witnesses WM. PRESCOTT, CYRUs BENTLEY.

